Thill-tug



(No Model.)

W. W. GLEGKNER. THILL TUG. No. 560,206. Patented May 19, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

YVILLIAM XV. GLECKNER, OF CANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

THlLL-TUG.

8:?ECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,206, dated May 19, 1896.

Application filed A gust 28,1894. Serial No. 521,5 71. (N0 model.)

To (LZZ whom it DLCLZ/ concern:

Be it known that I, XVILLIAM XV. GLECK- NER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Thill-Tugs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in shaft or thill tugs, and has for its object, primarily, to so construct and connect the shaft or thill loop with the girth-strap that no sewing, riveting, or other permanent means of connection is required, whereby the two parts may be readily removed for replacement or repair.

A further object of my invention is to detachably connect the saddle-strap buckle and box-loop to the assembled girth-strap and shaft-loop, so that the same may also be readily removed.

These objects I accomplish in the manner and by the means hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompan ying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the shaft-loop detached.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 denotes the shaft-loop bent to the shape shown and fastened together at its upper ends, leaving one end projecting somewhat above the other, and provided with the hole 2 for the passage of the saddle-strap. This loop is preferably formed of two or more thicknesses of leather sewed together, and in the outer thickness are formed three slots 3, 4, and 5. Two apertures 6 and '7 are also made in said loop, the same passing entirely therethrough and registering at the top when the ends of the loop are connected together. In stead of being formed of leather, however, the shaft-loop maybe constructed of metal. The girth-strap 8 is formed with a single elongated aperture 9 therein to accommodate thebuckletongue when the parts are assembled. To as semble the various parts, pass the free end of the girth-strap S into the slot at and out at slot 5. The box-loop 10 and buckle 11 are then placed thereon, care being taken to pull the strap 8 far enough through the slots 4 and 5 to bring the aperture 9 at the top of the loop 1 in proper position to receive the buckle-tongue therethrough. The end of strap 8 is then passed through apertures 6 and 7, and then into slot 3 and out again at slot i, thus making a complete circuit of the loop 1 and affording a frictional engagement therewith sufficient to retain the two together against any strain that may be put upon them. The shaft may now be passed through the loop 1, the girth-strap fastened beneath the horses belly in the usual manner, and the saddlestrap 12 passed through the hole 2 in the top of the loop, engaged by the buckle-tongue, and then passed through the box-loop 10; or, if desired, the saddle-strap may be engaged .directly by the buckle without first passing it through the hole It will of course be understood that the girth-strap 8 may also form the belly-band of the harness, or may be attached thereto in any suitable manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination with a shaft loop formed of two or more thicknesses of material and having a series of slots in the outer thickness thereof and apertures passing completely therethrough for the passage of a strap, of a girth-strap adapted to be passed in and out of said slots and through said apertures to substantially encircle said loop and form a frictional connection therewith, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a shaft loop formed of two or more thicknesses of material and slotted and apertured, substantially as described, of an apertured girth strap adapted to be passed in and out of the slots and through the apertures in said loop, a bore loop through which said strap passes between one of the loop slots and apertures, and a saddle-strap buckle also engaged by said strap the tongue thereof passing through the aperture in said strap, substantially as described.

3. The combination with the shaft-loop 1 formed of two or more thicknesses of material and having the slots 3, at and 5 through the outer thickness thereof and the apertures- 6 and 7 passing completely therethrough, of

the girth-strap 8 having the aperture 9 therein erture and having its tongue passing through and adapted to be passed in at slot 4, out at the aperture 9 in said strap, substantially as slot 5, through apertures 6 and 7, in again at described.

slot 3, and out again at slot 4, a box-100p 10 en- WILLIAM V. GLEOKNER. 5 gaged by said strap between slot 5 and aper- \Vitnesses:

ture 6, and a saddle-strap buckle 11 also en- LEE BROOKS,

gaged by said strap between said slot and ap- C. V. GLECKNER. 

